Criminal Justice News

Thursday, November 06, 2014

New Mexico Man Pleads Guilty to Charges of Sexual Assault of Female Inmates In His Custody

John Greene, 70, a former captain at the Gallup-McKinley
Adult Detention Center (GMADC), entered a guilty plea to charges related to the
sexual assaults of female inmates in his custody.Greene pleaded guilty to three counts of
violating each of the victim’s right to bodily integrity by engaging in sexual
contact against their will.Greene also
pleaded guilty to two counts of making material false statements to the FBI
when he denied both touching the breasts of one female inmate and having
personal contact with another female inmate.

According to court documents, Greene admitted that in his
capacity as a captain at GMADC, he had regular access to female inmates when he
accompanied them to court hearings, transported them to other facilities, and
had them brought to his office.This
regular access gave him the opportunity to engage in unwanted sexual contact
with three different women in December 2008 and January 2009.Greene committed these acts, knowing it was
wrong, against the law and without the victims’ consent, but he did so anyway
for his own gratification.

Greene also admitted that he lied to the FBI about his
conduct on two occasions.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Greene will be
sentenced to five years of probation.As
part of the plea agreement, Greene will forfeit his law enforcement
certification and must comply with sex offender registration requirements.

A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.

This case is being investigated by the Gallup Resident
Agency of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI and is being prosecuted by
Assistant U.S. Attorney Holland S. Kastrin for the District of New Mexico and
Fara Gold of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.